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Time rewound to several hours earlier.
After hanging up the phone with his father, Kagura Hikaru immediately began to pack his bags.
It wasn't difficult, as he hadn't brought much from home and had even taken an extra luggage bag with him; the guitar could be left here and picked up in a few days.
His father had just told him some bad news: Grandfather had passed away last night, peacefully in his sleep, without any pain—the only small comfort.
His father was already back in the country; he had returned on the day Komori Ai married Xiaosong Lisha, and the next day, when Kagura Hikaru tentatively mentioned moving out, his mother persuaded him to stay another day. Then on the third day, they received the news of Grandfather's passing.
A car would be downstairs shortly, and his father would take both him and his stepmother to the countryside for the funeral.
Of course, Kagura Hikaru couldn't refuse.
After packing, he shouldered his luggage bag and went downstairs.
